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Programs & Services
 

Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation

 
Pretransplant, Pediatric Pulmonary Clinic
Mary L. Johnson Pediatric Ambulatory Care Center
Pediatric Heart-Lung and Lung Transplant Clinic
730 Welch Road, 1st Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Monday afternoons
 
Phone: Jackie Zirbes: (650) 721-1132
Fax: (650) 723-5201
 
Posttransplant, Pediatric Pulmonary Clinic
725 Welch Road, 1st Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Wednesday mornings
 
Phone: Jennifer Shek, Nancy McDonald or Lisa Brown: (650) 725-3810
Fax: (650) 736-8912

 
 
Learn more about our exciting hospital expansion by visiting growing.lpch.org
Note that during this expansion, routes to 730 Welch have changed.

Services Overview

Our multidisciplinary team treats patients before and after lung and heart-lung transplants.
 
Pretransplant Care
Our pretransplant patient evaluations include:
Posttransplant Care
Posttransplant care includes:
We also manage immunosuppression, used to prevent the body from rejecting the transplanted organs. This includes care of rejection episodes and complications from immunosuppressive agents.

 
 

Our Team

Physicians

Dr. Carol Conrad Carol Conrad, MD
Medical Director
Dr. David Cornfield David Cornfield, MD 
Dr. Carlos Milla Carlos Milla, MD      
Child Psychologist

Dr. Rebecca Bernard Rebecca Bernard, PhD

Pretransplant Patient Care Coordinator
  • Jackie Zirbes, PNP
Posttransplant Patient Care Coordinators
  • Lisa Brown, RN
  • Nancy McDonald, PNP
  • Jennifer Shek, RN
Social Work
  • Darci Albrecht, MSW
 
 
 

Meet Our Patients


Cystic fibrosis patients and organ transplant recipients Emma Greene and Tiffany Senter Emma Greene and Tiffany Senter
Emma Greene and her good friend, Tiffany Senter, have a lot in common. The 18-year-old California natives were both diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in early childhood, graduated high school with perfect GPAs, and underwent organ transplants to give them new chances at life.
Stenzel Twins
Isabel Stenzel Byrnes and Anabel Stenzel
Identical twins Isabel and Anabel were both born with Cystic Fibrosis and underwent double-lung transplants.